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volcanologist

American  
[vahl-kuh-nahl-uhj-ist] / ˌvɑl kəˈnɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. an expert in volcanology; a scientist who studies volcanoes.


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“Iceland is essentially one of the best places in the world to study this … because we have both volcanism and glaciers,” volcanologist Michelle Parks of the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Reuters.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

Patterson signed on and started doing his own research, with the help of a volcanologist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

"A cool thing about these eruptions is that there were a bunch of them in sequence that were remarkably similar; that's relatively unusual," said Leif Karlstrom, a volcanologist at the UO.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2024

Volcanic stomp-rockets may happen at other volcanoes as well, although they’re likely rare says Michael Manga, a volcanologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

From Science Magazine • May 27, 2024

“Back in 1980,” explained Janine Krippner, a volcanologist who has done research on the pyroclastic flows on Mount St. Helens, “you had these seismographs printed on paper.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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